Sunday, February 20, 2011

Uses Of External Hard Drives

By Charlotte Kaycee


External hard drives are computer brains in a protective enclosure that are portable and can be connected to any desktop or laptop computer. They provide extra storage, the ability to take your data with you, and superior security. This pretty much covers the major concerns with using computers.

Storing large files on an additional hard drive mans that your main computer storage is freed up for current use. Having less data in memory can also make your computer work faster. Downloading music, photographs, eBooks, research records, and any other data you do not need to access daily on an outside hard drive allows you virtually unlimited space. This works very well when you share a computer with others, since you will not have to argue over the use of memory.

Another thing to consider is when you are using an interactive system, such as a tutorial. Having your work saved on a back up drive means that you are free to experiment and make mistakes without losing work already perfected. It also means that other users will not be able to compromise your files, access them, change them, or lose them.

For families that share computers, having individual hard drives can solve several problems. The computer will be faster if the mainframe is not overloaded with data, arguments over large storage files will be avoided, and sensitive data will not be compromised by inexpert users. A hard drive of your very own is a great gift to give to yourself or others.

Not only can you store data, you can move it around from computer to computer by keeping it on a portable hard drive. You can bring work home from the office, you can work on your desktop or laptop without needing to transfer the data, or you can carry it with you on business trips or vacations. There are many reason why portable files are very convenient.

External hard drives can even be switched around, so you can have many hard drives and only one enclosure (important for drive protection and cooling of the equipment. Keep music on one, photos on another, and whatever else you want to keep on the rest.




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